CURRENT MISSION

Explore the role and significance of arts and creativity in diverse cultures.

ABOUT ME

I love spontaneity, adventure, creativity, and imagination. Visual and performing arts have always been a very important part of my life. I am very interested in exploring how the arts can be used to promote understanding, communication, community building, and social justice through raising awareness about issues, forming social movements, and cultivating empowerment. I am studying this through an interdisciplinary degree and now a year-long travel grant in Bolivia.

I enjoy learning from other people, laughing, talking, hiking, being in water, exploring, dancing, biking, cooking and eating, listening to stories, painting, drawing, doing trapeze/acrobatics, watching and/or participating in theater, reading, and sitting in quiet places.

PHILOSOPHY

I really believe that if at all possible, we should always go with what inspires and makes us passionate and happy even if others disaprove. I think we contribute the most to the world when we're in our element and doing what feels right to us personally.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I stayed with some wonderful when I was last traveling (2008-10) in Guatemala and the US in Colorado, Arizona, and Washington. I have had an available couch at various college houses in Bellingham WA in the past few years but timing has not worked out to host anyone. Wherever I live I will continue to make my home available to CSers. Now I will be in Bolivia and possibly other parts of South America for the next year and I really look forward to connecting with people through couch surfing.

Interests

Arts (painting, drawing, murals, portraits, mosaics, sculpture, creative writing, dance, contact improv, theater, circus, trapeze, puppets, weaving/textiles, wire jewelry and sculpture, book making and more). Oral history interviewing, storytelling, making journals, taking photos, playing with kids and teaching art classes, learning new recipes, going on picnics, speaking Spanish and learning new languages, growing vegetables, and more.

• arts
• writing
• books
• theater
• performing arts
• dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• history
• languages
• lakes
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: A Girl Named Zippy, Middle Sex, Unbowed, Cutting for Stone, Listening is an Act of Love.
Music: bluegrass, folk, reggaeton
Movies: Lives of Others, Little Miss Sunshine, Chocolat, Whale Rider, Princess Bride, and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in nature - especially water (rivers, lakes, the ocean) - have been some of the most amazing moments of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach what I know of painting, drawing, sewing, weaving, partner acrobatics, improv theater, yoga, cooking, and oral history interviewing.

I want to learn about your life, what interests you, your questions. I love learning about art and performance and cooking and language and stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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